Category: Dressmakers
Categories: Garment-Making Occupations | Occupations by Name
- A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
Subcategories (7)
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Caroline (Adams) Kissinger
abt 24 Apr 1834 York, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 May 1915
Henrietta (Adams) Tomkinson
30 Dec 1865 Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 1894
Mollie (Aday) Bush
29 Apr 1860 Madison County, Alabama - 16 Jun 1923
Judith Allet
18 Jan 1851 Guernsey
Hannah Allsop
16 Mar 1844 Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 1879
Rebecca (Ambrose) Taylor
1868 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Maria Ames
1848 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Anderson) Chapman
01 Jun 1859 Virginia, United States
Emma (Appleton) Dudley
1811 Inworth, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 1873
Alice Archibald
1873 Paddington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Florence (Ash) Simnett
1882 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 1967
Pearl (Aspevig) Young
06 Mar 1884 Becker, Minnesota, United States - 24 Aug 1959
Lizzie Auxer
09 Oct 1872 Catasauqua, Pennsylvania - 16 Nov 1954
Mary (Auxer) Frey
abt 02 Mar 1871 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 07 Nov 1919
Susannah (Auxer) Lucas
25 Sep 1842 Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co., PA - 23 Jan 1926
Elta Awde
17 Jul 1901 Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
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Henrietta (Bailey) Hart
1884 Stanley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Bailey
02 Apr 1866 Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Baker
1847 Shalford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1897
Gail (Baker) Williams
1950s
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Kate Balchin
1883 Hambledon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Charlotte (Ball) Sloggett
1849 Bristol,England, United Kingdom - 1877
Augusta (Banks) Wales
abt Jan 1879 Ohio, United States
Ethel Bannister
abt 1887 Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Artemese (Barbeau) Horswell
abt 1862 Quebec, Canada - 1938
Leona Barbeau
1876
Marie (Barbeau) Duquette
29 Apr 1874 Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States - 1957
Ann Barrow
1875 Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Mary Barrow
1885 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Edith Bartlett
Mar 1886 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1951
Florence (Beaumont) Daybrooke
1891 Hipperholme, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Feb 1944
Sarah (Beckwith) Bosley
07 Dec 1843 Trumbull, Ohio, United States - 10 Feb 1925
Marie Bertin
02 Jul 1747 Abbeville, Picardie, France - 22 Sep 1813
Priscilla (Bignill) Nielsen
14 Jun 1875 Casteron, Victoria, Australia - 23 Nov 1939
Fanny (Bishop) Tilley
1837 Brent Knoll, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 1925
Jewell (Bizzell) Sowards
11 Jun 1903 Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States - 07 Nov 1978
Calogera (Bongiovi) Easton
abt May 1891 New York - 14 Jul 1966
Francesca (Bongiovi) Crapanzano
abt Aug 1895 New York, United States
Sarah (Bonnett) Austin
1834 Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Frances (Boomer) DeFoe
22 Apr 1867 Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada - 05 Jun 1915
Henrietta Boone
abt 1861 Connecticut, United States - 01 Dec 1934
Louise Boone
abt 1863 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Mary Boone
abt 1855 North Carolina, United States
Selina (Boulter) Rickard
1863 Upleadon, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1953
Emma (Bourne) Burgess
1863 Appledore, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1936
Ellen (Bower) Elkin
1868 Patrick Plains, New South Wales, Australia - Sep 1902
Alice Bowlsby
abt 1846 Paterson Township, Passaic, New Jersey, United States - 26 Aug 1871
Alice (Bowman) Fischer
06 Mar 1859 Heidelberg Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States - 19 Feb 1941
Louisa Bowyer
1872 Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Brabyn
1881 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Leah (Brabyn) Mcevoy
1886 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 1968
Julia Branagan
abt 1846 County Cork, Ireland
Mary Briggs
1858 Kentish Town, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Jesse Brindle
06 Aug 1880 Iowa, United States
Amelia Brinkworth
1875 Combe Down, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Ora (Bryant) Waterhouse
26 Jul 1867 Murray, Georgia, United States - 14 Mar 1892
Martha (Buck) Newton
27 Jul 1862 Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West - 30 Apr 1947
Ellen Buckingham
1867 West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 1926
Bridget (Burke) Drake
abt Oct 1831 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Jan 1882
Dorothy (Burnett) Dunford
27 Jun 1894 Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Dec 1976
Carrie (Burnside) Taylor
30 Jan 1862 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Sep 1951
Sarah Butcher
1860 Pilesgrove Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States
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Naomi (Campbell) Lester
abt 1891 Jamaica
Mary (Canady) Cummings
1859 Burrell Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States - 27 Nov 1938
Mary (Carswell) File
18 Jan 1852 Elham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Carter) Fletcher
1826 Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Paulina Maud (Chambers) Hague
1881 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Alveretta Chase
16 May 1863 - 1898
C cont.
Edith (Chewter) Feldwick
1865 Wonersh, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1933
Edith (Chewter) Gladman
1886 Shamley Green, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1916
Eliza (Chivers) Carling
1891 Willington, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Harriet (Chown) Watford
03 Dec 1886 Sydenham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 30 Jun 1971
Maria Johanna Jacoba (Clasen) Landman
abt 1861 Somerset East, Cape Colony - 06 Feb 1902
Ermina Cochrane
Nov 1884 Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary Collins
1846 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Aug 1894
Florence (Coltman) Lovegrove
1885 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 1960
Emily (Connal) Charlwood
24 Oct 1869 - 23 Aug 1946
Mary (Coombs) Freegard
1851 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 1938
Elizabeth (Copeland) Jones
abt 1850 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Sarah (Coxhead) Bishop
1815 Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 1916
Elizabeth (Cross) Cornish
1834 Langford Budville, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Cathryn Cunningham
1841 Ireland - 29 Jul 1889
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Hannah Davies
1877 Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Emma (Day) Chantrill
1851 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Harriet DeBaptiste
abt Oct 1879 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Sarah DeLong
13 Oct 1841 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States - 01 Mar 1928
Martha (Dennison) Shanks
1860 Roos, Yorkshire, England
Emma (Denyer) Start
1868 Rumboldswyke, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 1953
Frances Dibblee
07 Mar 1868 Norton, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada - 10 Jul 1961
Victoria (Dickinson) Weir
abt 1850 Ontario, Canada
Mary (Douglin) Edwards
22 Sep 1894 Saint Joseph, Barbados
Martha (Draper) Taylor
12 May 1907 Northampton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 17 May 1991
Ellen (Dudley) Swinwood
1859 Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1914
Emma (Dudley) Smith
abt 1837 Messing, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Sabina (Dunkerton) Holden
11 Nov 1855 Paddington, Middlesex, England - 1917
Ann Dunn
1824 - 1912
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Tauba Edelsztejn
05 Jan 1923 Warszawa, Warszawskie, Polska - 19 May 1990
Ursula Eglington
1851 Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 1912
Margaret Ellender
abt 1837 Pennsylvania, United States
Martha Ellender
abt 1843 Pennsylvania, United States
Mary (Ellender) Hall
abt 1840 Pennsylvania, United States
Ann Evans
abt 12 Nov 1820 Pinner, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jun 1901
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Carrie (Farnum) Atwood
25 Aug 1869 Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States - 25 Sep 1894
Charlotte (Farrell) Stagg
1847 Saint George in the East, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1930
Ellen Faulkner
24 Jun 1866 Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 24 Oct 1952
Annie (Fenton) Hopper
abt 1860 East Gwillimbury Township, York, Canada West - 27 Jan 1886
Beatrice (Finch) Wyatt
13 May 1901 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - abt 1972
Ellen (Fisher) Davenport
abt 1836 Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Flanagan
27 May 1890 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Rebecca (Flanagan) Shirlow
abt 1849 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Charlotte (Frogley) Stemp
1877 Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1952
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Gertrude Garland
abt 15 Dec 1873 St. John's, Newfoundland - 18 Jul 1935
Emmi (Gebauer) Kauer
11 May 1919 - aft 2010
Josephine Gibson
1854 Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
Jane Giles
1836 Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Melissa Godfrey
19 Aug 1845 Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States - 09 Nov 1880
Emily Goodale
abt 1848 Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
Susanna (Goshen) Gibson
29 Mar 1818 Tennessee, United States - 24 Sep 1887
Sarah (Griffith) Martin
abt 22 Feb 1853 Oneida, Haldimand, Canada West - 05 Sep 1933
Emma (Grimson) Spring
1864 Goulburn, New South Wales (Australia) - 1909
Elizabeth (Grindley) Bratherton
1849 Sandbach, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Grinleese) French
1835 Ireland - 11 Jan 1911
Melchor Guillen
1920s - 2000s
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Elizabeth (Hagerty) Schlapp
May 1856 Missouri, United States - Apr 1923
Emma (Halsey) Couch
05 Apr 1909 New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States - 26 May 2009
Lottie (Ham) Growden
1881 St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 1950
Ellen Hammond
1872 Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Lydia Hammond
1876 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1954
Mary (Harrison) Linney
09 Nov 1878 Parr, St Helens, Lancashire, England - 16 Oct 1965
Amanda Hart
01 Mar 1866 Union Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States - 26 Aug 1914
Emily (Hastings) Carden
1855 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 23 May 1924
Mary Hayden
Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada - 05 Feb 1881
Emma Hayman
1874 Cannington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Stella (Heath) Sloggett
1865 Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 1934
Kate (Hedgcock) Ireland
1871 Wisborough Green, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 1969
H cont.
Gertrude (Heintz) Davila
30 Jun 1868 Texas, United States - 18 Sep 1954
Aurora (Hephinger) Murdoch
23 Aug 1863 New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States - 28 Jun 1934
Grace (Higgin) Townley
02 Dec 1847 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Sep 1908
Eveline (Hill) Mansell
21 May 1862 South Stoneham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Dec 1944
Adaline (Hinton) Nettleship
1856 - 1932
Mabel (Holland) Scrase
01 Oct 1888 Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom - 1957
Elizabeth (Holliman) Hartnoll
1849 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England - 1905
Emily (Honor) Gurney
1857 Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. - 1920
Fanny Hood
1865 Crewe, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Jan 1941
Elizabeth (Hooper) Manicom
1867 Jacobstow, Cornwall, England - 24 Mar 1946
Bridget Houlihan
abt 1869 Co Limerick, Ireland
Elizabeth Houlihan
abt 1877 Co Limerick, Ireland
Anna Huber
11 Jul 1872 Marysville, Union, Ohio, United States - 24 May 1966
Elizabeth Huber
11 Aug 1878 Marysville, Union, Ohio, United States - 11 Nov 1949
Martha (Huckstepp) Styles
bef 14 Mar 1847 Chatham St Mary, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 1882
Anne Huggins
01 May 1843 Glenkeen, Aghaloo, County Tyrone, Ireland - 13 Jul 1912
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Beatrice (James) Robinson
1877 Leyton, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 22 Nov 1962
Sarah (Job) Heath
abt 1846 Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England, United Kingdom - abt 1913
Emma (Jones) Spring
abt 1852 Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Jones
abt 1843 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 29 Jul 1930
Margaret (Jorgeson) Lewis
26 Jan 1892 Moody, South Dakota, United States - 03 Jan 1965
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Gladys (Kenniford) Warlow
1893 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Saragh Kilpatrick
03 Dec 1839 Lislea, parish of Kilrea, County Londonderry, Ireland - 07 Feb 1901
Ada (Kimber) Hammond
15 Oct 1893 Hambledon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1973
Ida King
24 Feb 1864 Indian Lake, Hamilton, New York, United States - abt 02 Oct 1929
Emma (Kissinger) Seyler
27 Nov 1861 York, York, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Mar 1937
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Ellen (Lake) Shorney
1864 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Lapish
bef 22 Jun 1834 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Maria (Lapish) Lancaster
bef 05 Jun 1836 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Emma Last
1857 Diss, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Susannah (Lay) Mallam
abt 1819 Bromley, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ellen (Lee) Blundell
abt Oct 1824 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Lottie (Lee) Hazard
22 Oct 1879 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 14 Apr 1979
Yvonne (Le Flem) Brocard
04 Feb 1894 Ploubazlanec, Côte du Nord, Bretagne, France - 17 Feb 1970
Mary Celina (Levesque) Barbeau
abt Feb 1867 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Helene (Lindner) Ralph
09 Jan 1875 Niederleupten, Sachsen-Altenburg, Deutsches Reich - 28 Mar 1958
Ida Lindner
28 Mar 1872 Niederleupten, Sachsen-Altenburg, Deutsches Reich - 20 Mar 1960
Henrietta (Lipscomb) Hadfield
1868 Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 1936
Cecilia (Lipscombe) Lowe
21 Sep 1888 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - Feb 1985
Bertha (Longman) Wiggall
1864 Marnhull, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 29 Oct 1943
Emma Lovell
1861 Dittisham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ann Lowe
14 Dec 1898 Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States - 25 Feb 1981
Ellen Luff
1876 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 18 May 1915
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Mary (Malborne) Becker
abt Aug 1862 Massachusetts, United States
Isabelle (Marlett) Finch
10 Mar 1869 Ashtabula, Ohio, United States - 12 Aug 1934
Sarah (Marshall) Boone
abt 1832 Craven, North Carolina, United States - 29 Oct 1904
Elmira (Martin) Lewis
1875 Dublin, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States - aft 1930
Jane (Mason) Keeling
1863 Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 1933
Elizabeth McCalla
18 Feb 1866 Michigan, United States - 29 May 1944
Stella (McDonald) LeWars
02 Sep 1883 Clarendon, Jamaica
Alice (McGillivray) Fuller
09 Aug 1869 Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Margaret (Mcgough) Steele
1881 Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Sarah McGowan
abt Jun 1843 Canada - aft 1904
Margaret McKay
abt 1857 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 01 Feb 1921
Minnie McLure
1907 Yea, Victoria, Australia
Addie Meserve
abt Jun 1850 Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 23 May 1942
Eliza (Middleton) Reid
abt May 1885
Elsie (Mimms) Webb
16 Jul 1913 Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom - 09 Jan 2020
Martha Moon
abt 1831 Camerton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Emma Morse
23 May 1856 Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States
Martha (Mortimore) Buck
1874 Saint Johns Wood, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1951
Ann (Mosley) Greatorex
1842 Winster, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 1883
Isabel Muir
09 Nov 1821 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1888
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Arabella (Needham) Baron
1841 Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 1919
Grace (Nice) Shilling
abt 1868 Ballingdon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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